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ArcGIS for AutoCAD vs. Design Review

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricArcGIS for AutoCAD

by Esri

Design Review

by Autodesk

Overall rating4.44.2
Review count1917
Ease of use8.47.9
Ease of setup8.69.0
Quality of support8.18.4
Meets requirements8.88.2
NPS47.36842146.666667
Small Business36.8%47.1%
Mid-Market47.4%47.1%
Enterprise15.8%5.9%
Total page views6578
Total LLM citations38130

ArcGIS for AutoCAD

ArcGIS for AutoCAD is a free, plug-in application for AutoCAD that allows you to access and create GIS data by connecting to services from ArcGIS for Server and ArcGIS Online.

Pros

    Design Review

    Design Review CAD viewer software lets you view, mark up, print, and track changes to 2D and 3D files for freewithout the original design software. Work with a variety of file formats, including: DWF, DWFx, DWG, and DXF (requires installation of free DWG TrueView software); Adobe PDF; as well as image file types such as.bmp, .jpg, .gif, .pcx, .pct, .png, .rlc, .tga, .tif, .mil, .cal, and more.

    Pros